Be sure to include your name, daytime phone number, address, name and phone number of legal next-of-kin, method of payment, and the name of the funeral home/crematory to contact for verification of death.

Head outdoors for family movies on the cheap

Summer is the time to enjoy the silver screen under the stars. Grab lawn chairs, blankets, snacks and the kids to watch these inexpensive (and usually free) movies outside, with music and other entertainment as a bonus.

Hyde Park: This Children’s Film Festival offers a movie along with a youth band and kids’ educational activity at Hyde Park, 36th Street and Gillham Road. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays in June: “Frozen,” June 6; “Epic,” June 13; “Thor: The Dark World,” June 20; “The Lego Movie,” June 27. Admission is free. HydeParkKC.org or 816-753-6719.

Summit Fair: “Back to Summer” offers a “Back to the Future”-themed movie night at 840 N.W. Blue Parkway in Lee’s Summit. The event goes from 6 to 11 p.m. June 29 with face painting, a balloon artist and costume contest. “Back to the Future” plays at 9 p.m. Admission is free. summitfairshopping.com

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